Shootings in 2018

There were 340 shootings in the US in 2018. Of those shootings we lost 373 people. The biggest shooting of 2018 killed 17 people and was in Pompano Beach (Parkland), Florida. The shooting with the most injuries was in Trenton, New Jersey with a total of 19 injuries. In Washington there were 3 shootings.

Shootings per state

state num_killed num_injured
Alabama 12 55
Arizona 4 5
Arkansas 7 17
California 50 136
Colorado 9 27
Connecticut 0 8
Delaware 5 0
District of Columbia 2 23
Florida 48 132
Georgia 3 33
Illinois 21 150
Indiana 10 27
Kansas 1 11
Kentucky 7 25
Louisiana 15 50
Maryland 13 31
Massachusetts 0 4
Michigan 10 28
Minnesota 1 14
Mississippi 1 17
Missouri 12 52
Nebraska 1 16
Nevada 3 15
New Jersey 4 54
New Mexico 5 4
New York 5 53
North Carolina 14 37
Ohio 13 46
Oklahoma 2 19
Pennsylvania 35 63
South Carolina 5 19
Tennessee 19 68
Texas 29 62
Utah 0 4
Virginia 2 17
Washington 4 9
Wisconsin 1 16

While California has the largest population it is surprising that Florida and Illinois have a similar number of people injured. California has the highest death toll, while Illinois has the most injured from shootings.

Thousand Oaks California

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/us/california-thousand-oaks-shooting-how-it-unfolded/index.html

A shootings in Thousand Oaks, California left 13 dead and 2 injured. The shooting took place on November 7, 2018. The popular bar at 99 Rolling Oaks Dr was packed with college students that night. Police were on the scene within minutes, but had to wait for back-up after a police officer was fatally shot.

Map: Shootings Throughout US

Major cities had the most shootings. While Illinois had the third most shootings the city of Chicago had the most shootings of any city. The midwestern and pacific northwest states had very few shootings.

Plot: Data by State

This map easily compares the size of the shooting to other shootings. It also makes it easy to find shootings in certain areas and data for that shooting.

I decided to use a stacked bar chart. I used a stack chart to show the total killed and injured in each state. I also kept the killed and injured data seperate to show that more people are injured than killed.

California, Florida and Illinois had the most people killed and injured in shootings. Far more people were injured from shootings than died from shootings.